2e9c22 No.17
The Last Hours of Jesus: from Gethsemane to Golgotha by Father Ralph Gorman, C.P.
I like this book as it has many interesting insights. The Chapter Christ Returned to Pilate is slanted against Pilate, tho. It fails to consider that Pilate condemned Jesus, who Pilate knew to be innocent and the Sanhedrin were bearing false witness, because if he didn't there would have been an insurrection and thousands of people would have died on both the Jewish and Roman side, and the Emperor would be very angry. Pilate's motive was that Christ would literally suffer and die for them all. And Pilate may not have been questioning Jesus out of fear, but for a clue to convince the Jews not to resort to violence if Jesus was allowed to go free. That is, something to get the Jews to repent of their sins.
Bears a Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur dated 1959
Sophia Institute Press.
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